So you want to know about us, huh?

Well, I'll tell you whatever you want to know.

First, I'll start with the introductions.

I'm Lindsay. I'm the one with the frizzy, reddish hair and glasses. My husband Christopher and I have been married for five years. Before any of you assume that he is older than he is, Chris is only 3 years older than me... He went white very young;-) We have two children, Emma and Liam. I won't be writing about the kids much on our website here, I'm sure you understand. They are our pride and joy!

Now for our mission/vision statementthingy.

Here at Haven Homestead, we want to create a haven where learning, responsibility, abundance and love can abound.

That's our whole purpose for doing what we do. We love learning. We love to share what we learn. We take responsibility for our actions and we expect the same of others. We don't want to be rich. Let me rephrase that. We don't care about being monetarily rich. We want to live an abundant life. To us, that means always having enough of whatever we need, not specifically money, plus maybe a little to share. We love each other very much. We believe that we all have a loving Heavenly Father who is watching us all with vested interest. We want others to feel that love. In our home, we hope you will feel the respect, caring and support that we consider paramount to our existence.

OH! You'll probably want to know about our planfor making this place a haven, too!

In short, the plan is to prepare our family financially, emotionally, and physically for living in a tough world, and help others to do the same.

In long, the plan is as follows:become financially stable with the fewest amount of bills possible;build an eco-friendly house and install our permaculture design for our property with out destabilizing our financial stuff;teach Classes on a number of different topics, including but not limited to: Permaculture Design, photography, and homesteading skills, such as chicken care, gardening, canning, and more; set up eco-retreats on our property and get people to pay money to stay with us; set up a farm stand and online store where we sell books, educational material, handmade products (made by us), and excess produce from our garden;home school the kids;have regular Family Home Evenings;go camping and teach our kids survival skills;put together a year supply of food;learn everything we can about living sustainably and intelligently...

The list goes on, but I wont.

Lastly, I'll give you a brief picture of our progress...

In the past year, our progress has been astounding. We have cleared bits and pieces of the property to make way for the house. We paid off the land and we have the deed in hand! Chris has a great job that is going to allow us to get ahead of our finances, and we are making plans to build our house.

The kids are growing and learning well. They are the toughest, smartest, most deeply caring kids on the planet if you ask me!

I'm writing, taking pictures, and trying to get stuff ready for our next round of classes. We've teamed up with the local community college to help publicize our classes, and folks can register through them! Helps them out, helps us out, and it's all great fun!

We have a menagerie of animals that feed us and keep us entertained, including ducks, a goose, chickens, a goat, cats and a dog, and honey bees.

We are doing our best to take slow, deliberate steps in the right direction. This way, we don't get ahead of ourselves and mess things up!

All in all, we are learning A LOT, and we are loving every minute of it. We have a dream and we are achieving it. Let us help you do the same!